The Top 3 Tools to Protect Your Children Online
Opinions of an IT expert
I have spent the last 20+ years of my career in the IT world, focusing primarily on Microsoft technologies. Windows 10 does have some decent parental controls, but when it came to my kids I needed something that would protect all devices.
As parents, we all want to protect our kids to some degree. Whether you are a helicopter parent or the laid back parent that only gets off the couch for blood and broken bones; no decent parent wants their children(s) to fall victim to the vileness on the internet. Porn addiction and human trafficking are extreme but realistic possible outcomes of not protecting your kids according to Truth About Porn. I will share my own stories of this in the conclusion.
Below are my top picks for ways you can protect your kids and what I do and do not like about each of them. If you delved into the specific features of each solution you will find that they are very similar with a few minor differences. I will conclude with what I have done for my kids and my approach to protecting them.
My Top Picks
Bark
Bark is a great tool to use if you just want to monitor for the worst content your kids can get access to, but you don’t want to see everything they do. Bark uses…
